Spartanburg, South Carolina
Wofford College - Old Main; Auditorium

HOLTKAMP ORGAN CO., Job No. 1837, 1968
Gregory A. Hand, 1998 - “Reinstallation & Enlargement”


GREAT                                        COUPLERS
8'     Principal          [new]  61          Swell to Pedal
8'     Gedackt                   61          Great to Pedal
4'     Octave                    61
2'     Recorder                  61          Swell to Great               16,8,4
IV     Mixture                  244
8'     Trumpet    [new]    (Sw)  –-
                                             FINGER PISTONS
Great to Great 4'                            Undocumented


SWELL (Expressive)
8'     Copula             (new)  61
8'     Gemshorn                  61
4'     Chimney Flute             61
2 2/3' Nazard         [old Ses]  61
2'     Principal                 61          TOE STUDS
1 3/5' Tierce         [old Ses]  61          Undocumented
1 1/3' Quinte          [old 1']  61
16'    Trumpet                   12
8'     Trumpet                   61
       Tremolo

Swell to Swell 4'
                                             PEDAL MOVEMENTS
                                             Swell Expression            (bal.)
PEDAL                                        Crescendo                   (bal.)
16'    Bordun                    32
8'     Principal   [new]   (Gt)  –-
8'     Bordun                    12
4'     Octave                    32
2'     Choral Bass               32
16'    Posaune     [new]   (Sw)  –-
4'     Trumpet     [new]   (Sw)  –-


ACTION: E-P Pitman     VOICES: 16     STOPS: 22     RANKS: 19     PIPES: 1,096
        Elec. Slider


NOTES
The organ was originally installed in 1969 in the Memorial Chapel at Duke University. When in 1995 Duke authorities decided to replace the electro-
pneumatic Holtkamp with a mechanical-action Brombaugh in Italian Renaissance
style, they donated the Holtkamp to Wofford College in memory of William 
Preston Few (AB Wofford 1889; PhD Harvard 1896), founding president of Duke.

Gregory A. Hand, of Charlotte, North Carolina, has enlarged and installed the
Holtkamp organ in the Chapel/Auditorium of Wofford College, Spartanburg, South
Carolina. 

The chapel at Wofford seats 850, nearly 300 of these in a large balcony. The
organ is installed between the stage pilaster and the right transept. The Great
is at the top, the Pedal beneath, and the Swell located behind the ornamental
grille.

The organ was augmented with new Principal and Trumpet ranks, and was revoiced.
Hand also provided a new slider Swell chest [made by Quimby] and replaced the
console mechanism; new pipes were made in England. A new solid state relay was
installed allowing for expanded memory, combination system and new couplers,
both inter- and intra-manual. A Principal 8', available in both the Great and
Pedal, was designed using the old Principal 4' (now, c13) and completing the
stop with new pipes in the bottom octave. A new Octave 4' was scaled to fit the
new environment. A large-scaled French romantic Trumpet unit was installed in
the Swell and made available at various pitches throughout the organ. A new
large-scaled Stopped Flute 8' (Copula) was installed in the Swell to augment
8' tone in that division. In addition, several modifications were made to the
Swell: the old Cornet II (actually a Sesquialtera) was split into its components,
and the old Octave 1' was re-pitched to produce a new 1 1/3' Quint. The organ
comprises 16 registers, 19 ranks, 22 stops, and 1,096 pipes.

Source: The Diapason (online), March 5, 2004